GSBS Student Publications
Publication Date
2000-04-05
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Pathology
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Immunology and Infectious Disease | Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
DNA-raised antibody (Ab) responses have been compared for the dependence on CD4+ and CD8+ cells, the longevity of functional antigen (Ag) expression, and the nature of the Ag-presenting cell after intramuscular (i.m.) and gene gun inoculations. A plasmid expressing the hemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein of influenza virus was used for immunizations of BALB/c mice. Intramuscular and gene gun-raised Abs had similar dependencies on CD4+ and CD8+ cells but different temporal patterns of functional Ag expression. The two methods of DNA immunization also appeared to have different frequencies or types of Ag-presenting cells in the draining lymph nodes and spleen. For both methods of DNA delivery, Ab was independent of CD8+ cells but dependent on CD4+ cells. The CD4 dependence occurred at priming but not booster immunizations and resulted in a 1-month delay in the Ab response. Temporal T-cell transfers from TCR+/+ mice into immunized TCR-/- mice revealed the persistence of DNA-expressed Ag for up to 1 month after both i.m. and gene gun inoculations. For gene gun, but not i.m. immunizations, approximately 90% of the functional Ag expression was lost by 1 week, consistent with the sloughing of the epidermal target site. Despite similar titers of raised Ab, Ag-presenting dendritic cells could be detected in the draining lymph nodes and spleen of gene gun- but not i.m. DNA-immunized mice. In the gene gun-immunized mice, Ag-presenting dendritic cells appeared in the draining lymph nodes before the spleen.
DOI of Published Version
10.1089/104454900314546
Source
DNA Cell Biol. 2000 Mar;19(3):157-65. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
DNA and cell biology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
10749168
Repository Citation
Boyle, Christine Margaret and Robinson, Harriet L., "Basic mechanisms of DNA-raised antibody responses to intramuscular and gene gun immunizations" (2000). GSBS Student Publications. 123.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/123